La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1972-1973 La Salle University

La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1972 La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1972-1973 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1972-1973" (1972). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 16. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/16 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at La Salle University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in La Salle Basketball Media Guides by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. 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Westhead, Head Coach 5 1972-73 Prospectus 7 Profiles of the Explorer Varsity Players 9-12 1972-73 Junior Varsity Schedule and Roster 15 Opponent X-Rays 16-34 Section II—Past Records Year-by-Year Explorer BB Summary 30-31 The 1971-72 Season in Review 36 1971-72 Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 39 Final 1971-72 Individual Statistics 40 1971-72 Big Five Standings 40 1971-72 Middle Atlantic Conference Standings 42 La Salle All-Time Individual and Team Records 43-44 Tournament Records (Holiday) 45-46 Tournament Records (Post-Season) 47-48 Explorer Century Marks 48 Series Records vs. All Collegiate Opponents 49-51 Year-by-Year La Salle Game Results 52-59 On the Cover: Explorer forward Jim Crawford Photography by Charles F. Sibre This handbook is dedicated to the members of the Press, Radio and Television corps by La Salle College's News Bureau with the cooperation of the College's Department of Athletics. For further information, please call, write or wire: JOSEPH P. BATORY Sports Information Director, La Salle College News Bureau Philadelphia, Penna. 19141 Office Phone: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300, Ext. 286 Home Phone: 609-546-5532 Limited quantity of Handbooks available to the Public at 75* each. 1 1972-73 SEASON AT A GLANCE INSTITUTION: La Salle College LOCATION: 20th Street and Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 TELEPHONE: (Area Code 215) 848-8300 COLLEGE FOUNDED: 1863 1972 ENROLLMENT: 6600 TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers COLORS: Blue and Gold CONFERENCE: Middle Atlantic, University-East PRESIDENT: Brother Daniel Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: John J. Conboy (La Salle, 1950) ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joseph O'Donnell (La Salle, 1965) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Joseph P. Batory (La Salle, 1964) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: Paul W. Westhead (St. Joseph's, 1961), Third Year, 26-26 ASSISTANT COACHES: Joseph O'Connor (St. Joseph's, 1963); Paul Gal- lagher (La Salle, 1964); Dave "Lefty" Ervin (La Salle, 1968) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dr. Eugene Gallagher (La Salle, 1947) ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Greer EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Charles M. Loughran 1971-72 VARSITY RECORD: 6-19, overall, 2-4, conference (fifth); 0-4, Big Five (last) 1971-72 FROSH RECORD: 20-3, overall; 6-2, Big Five (first) LETTERMEN LOST: None LEADING RETURNING LETTERMEN: 6-5 senior forward Jim Crawford (15.7 ppg.-10.9 rpg.); 6-3 junior guard Jim Haggarty (13.2 ppg); 6-6 junior center Joe DiCocco (13.1 ppg.-9-6 rpg.); and 6-4 junior forward Frank Doyle (13.1 ppg.) TOP SOPHOMORE PROSPECTS: 6-8 center Kevin McBain (16.2 ppg.-12.5 rpg.-frosh); 6-5 forward Bill Taylor (16.2 ppg.-frosh); 6-1 guard Bob Jones (13.9 ppg.-frosh); and 5-11 guard Steve Wiley (9.9 ppg.-frosh) NEW OPPONENTS ON 1972-73 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: First Meetings— Eastern Michigan University and West Point (Army) Series Resumed— Rider College 1972-73 CAPTAINS: Jim Crawford and Bill Fox PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RAPCZYNSKI Rap-CHIN'-ski DiCOCCO Di-co'-co 5T JOHN'S The 1972-73 Season *• ts tfjfi JOS l. i I --• B "The ball is in the hole," thanks to some thorough board crashing by Explorers' Jim Crawford (no. 23) and Joe DiCocco (no. 34). ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF JOHN J. CONBOY Athletic Director John J. (Jack) Conboy was named La Salle athletic director on Jan- uary 3, 1969, succeeding James J. Henry, who retired January 1 after 35 years as Explorer A.D. Conboy, 47, graduated from La Salle in 1950. He recently retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel after 20 years service. A veteran of three wars (WW II, Korea and Vietnam), Conboy served on the ROTC staff at La Salle from 1960-64. Conboy was a member of St. Joseph's Prep's last city championship football team in 1939. After three years of World War II service in Europe, Conboy enrolled at Georgetown where he played football for two years before transferring to La Salle. He was assistant football coach at St. Joseph's Prep from 1948 to 1950. He also coached Army football and basketball teams in Europe and Hawaii and organized a triathlon team at La Salle which produced three former members of the U.S. Army modern pentathlon team- Don Walheim, Bill Conroy and Gary McNulty. Conboy, who holds an M.B.A. degree in Industrial Management from Temple University, resides in Drexel Hill, Pa. with his wife, Anne, and four children. JOSEPH F. O'DONNELL Assistant Athletic Director Joseph F. O'Donnell was appointed assistant A.D. and coordinator of Hayman Hall, the college's new $4.0 million physical recreation center last March. A 1965 graduate of La Salle with a B.A. in economics, O'Donnell had taught social studies at Father Judge, his high school alma mater, from 1965-70. During the latter period, O'Donnell coached the school's soccer squad and was cred- ited with developing 28 All-Catholic players, four of whom achieved All-Scholastic honors, and one Ail- American status. In 1970-71 O'Donnell moved to a full-time position with the City of Philadelphia as recreation leader at the Jardel Center. He was a member of the Department of Recreation Soccer Committee, and also assisted Bill Wilkinson with the 1970 Explorer soccer team which posted the first winning season in the college's history. O'Donnell, 28, and his wife, Marie, reside in northeast Philadelphia. ( ^ ^f «S* mSJwk * Dr. Eugene Gallagher Charles M. Loughran Team Physician Equipment Manager MEET THE EXPLORER COACHING STAFF PAUL W. WESTHEAD Head Basketball Coach Paul W. Westhead, now in his third year as La Salle varsity basketball mentor, has rapidly established himself as one of the better young strategists in the game. A great defensive player at St. Joseph's College, Westhead was often successfully matched against an opponent's top scorer by his coach, Dr. Jack Ramsay. He later returned to his alma mater in 1968 as assistant athletic director, and coached the St. Joe's frosh five to a 21-2 record, best in the school's history. Previously, Westhead had coached at Cheltenham High, a suburban Philadelphia school (1964-68), gradually building a winning tradition. In 1968, he took his squad to the P.I.A.A. playoffs for the first time in the school's history and advanced all the way to the state finals. In his first year at the La Salle helm, Westhead directed the Explorers to twenty victories in twenty-seven contests. That 1970-71 five won fifteen of their first sixteen games, upset two of the NCAA semifinalists, Western Kentucky and Villanova, and participated in the National Invitational Tourney. Westhead received his bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's in 1961, and his master's degree from Villanova in 1963. He has done work on his Ph.D. at Temple University, and has served on the English faculties of Cheltenham High, St. Joseph's College and La Salle College. Westhead, 33; his wife, Catherine, and three children live in suburban Drexel Hill, Pa. JOSEPH C. O'CONNOR Assistant Coach Joseph C.

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